Education Encore kicks off Friday

Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 10:12 PM.

PANAMA CITY — The Education Encore series is back, with new classes and a little something extra out on the beach this session.

Jim Barr, coordinator for the Community Education Programs at Gulf Coast State College, said the college has a commitment to quality learning experiences for all citizens regardless of age.

“Education Encore provides non-credit enrichment classes for active adults on a variety of topics, more than 50 classes to choose from,” Barr said. “Our goal is to provide a learning environment that is lively and full of enjoyment, diversity, insight and wisdom in which adults may explore new ideas and make their own unique contributions.”

Barr said the spring series offers a variety of topics, ranging from car maintenance to creative writing, and several new classes have been added this year such as William Faulkner and the Literature of the South, Of Font and Film with Michael Lister and Gardening Native Flora.

Barr said many of the newer classes were suggestions from a survey GCSC asks students to complete near the end of the course.

Registration begins Friday at 8 a.m., but the Student Union East Conference Center doors will open at 7; participants can take one to four classes for the six-week period at a cost of $88.

PANAMA CITY — The Education Encore series is back, with new classes and a little something extra out on the beach this session.

Jim Barr, coordinator for the Community Education Programs at Gulf Coast State College, said the college has a commitment to quality learning experiences for all citizens regardless of age.

“Education Encore provides non-credit enrichment classes for active adults on a variety of topics, more than 50 classes to choose from,” Barr said. “Our goal is to provide a learning environment that is lively and full of enjoyment, diversity, insight and wisdom in which adults may explore new ideas and make their own unique contributions.”

Barr said the spring series offers a variety of topics, ranging from car maintenance to creative writing, and several new classes have been added this year such as William Faulkner and the Literature of the South, Of Font and Film with Michael Lister and Gardening Native Flora.

Barr said many of the newer classes were suggestions from a survey GCSC asks students to complete near the end of the course.

Registration begins Friday at 8 a.m., but the Student Union East Conference Center doors will open at 7; participants can take one to four classes for the six-week period at a cost of $88.

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